big fur hair ties?

Amandajoy · 03-06-2008, 12:16 PM

here is a question for the jinglers out there all over indian country. I noticed this last few powwow seasons that a fad has started with the big long furs on the braids what is up with this fashion faux pas, hahahaha sorry ladies it just looks rediculous on jinglers, fancy shawl and traditional dancers yeah but on jinglers in my opinion they look like there in the way when performing and they look heavy etc....
now this is just my own observation! oh and they seem to hide ur dress!

**MayChe** · 03-06-2008, 04:13 PM

If they are cut into thin strips then it shouldn't hide the dress. I also think it's how you design the dress so that the fur doesn't cover the designs.

Dat1NdnGuy · 03-06-2008, 11:21 PM

For some people its a regional thing. a ton of folks wore these things traditionally. ONE person does it and EVERYONE does it.

**WocusWoman** · 03-07-2008, 12:29 AM

I have to agree, its a regional thing. My daughter will at times wear her smaller pair of otters and sometimes, just braidties or her hair in a bun.

**ojibwaysweetie** · 03-16-2008, 11:36 PM

I think they look awesome when cut thinner. They don't hide the dress much when one is dancing out there. Wearing otters is special to us.

ojibwaywmn · 03-18-2008, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ojibwaysweetie

I think they look awesome when cut thinner. They don't hide the dress much when one is dancing out there. Wearing otters is special to us.

Yep, I wear otter with my jingle dress. My dress can be seen just as well.

**chazziff** · 03-18-2008, 04:47 PM

i like the way they look ... cut thinly they look good. and it is more of a traditional look for alot of tribes .. i remember my older sisters wearing em when i was small.

Kaina1128 · 05-25-2008, 12:28 PM

ditto on the regional idea. i wear furs that are common to my people's land and from the animals my ancestors traded with each other

native_flutterby · 05-26-2008, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Amandajoy

here is a question for the jinglers out there all over indian country. I noticed this last few powwow seasons that a fad has started with the big long furs on the braids what is up with this fashion faux pas, hahahaha sorry ladies it just looks rediculous on jinglers, fancy shawl and traditional dancers yeah but on jinglers in my opinion they look like there in the way when performing and they look heavy etc....
now this is just my own observation! oh and they seem to hide ur dress!

Well if you look in the archives of the 70's and 80's p wow pics you will see that everyone was wearing the furs, they were mink and otters. it was mainly the shawl dancers that wore the fur, jinglers wore a scarf around their neck and barrettes. the furs were common then, then came leather with tiny jingles, then ribbons, then the pom pom things for hair ties...

**ojibwaysweetie** · 05-28-2008, 08:04 AM

One of my sisters bought an old fur coat from a thrift store and made fur ties. She sooped them up with brass studs and stuff - they look awesome.

**Kiwehnzii** · 05-28-2008, 10:15 AM

In one of our stories, after the great flood, the otter was considered the very, best swimmer of all the fur-bearing four-footed animals. Otter could dive the deepest. The otter was sent to the bottom of the water and told to bring up some earth. This was the re-birth of Turtle Island.

That's why Ojibwaysweetie says otters are special to us.

I don't think wearing my otter hat hides my head. Ayyee.

Kaina1128 · 05-28-2008, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ojibwaysweetie

One of my sisters bought an old fur coat from a thrift store and made fur ties. She sooped them up with brass studs and stuff - they look awesome.

Dang that's a good idea! I was going to get some pelts from this nice store I know in Fairbanks, AK but now I'll check Good Will first ayeee!

**chazziff** · 05-28-2008, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ojibwaysweetie

One of my sisters bought an old fur coat from a thrift store and made fur ties. She sooped them up with brass studs and stuff - they look awesome.

yup thats what we did .... and ya can make extra ones and sell em too ... sis sold her extra ones for $50 a pair LOL

rezgranny · 05-29-2008, 10:50 AM

I recently purchased an otter pelt to make fur tyes, but I'm not sure about how to cut them Kinna scared to make a mess, any suggestions?

03-06-2008, 12:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
Amandajoy Tiny Tot Dancer Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 39	big fur hair ties? here is a question for the jinglers out there all over indian country. I noticed this last few powwow seasons that a fad has started with the big long furs on the braids what is up with this fashion faux pas, hahahaha sorry ladies it just looks rediculous on jinglers, fancy shawl and traditional dancers yeah but on jinglers in my opinion they look like there in the way when performing and they look heavy etc.... now this is just my own observation! oh and they seem to hide ur dress! Last edited by Amandajoy; 03-06-2008 at 12:19 PM.

03-06-2008, 04:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
MayChe Minglin' N Jinglin' Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Flo' Da Posts: 1,120	If they are cut into thin strips then it shouldn't hide the dress. I also think it's how you design the dress so that the fur doesn't cover the designs. __________________ Check me out on MySpace: www.myspace.com/mayasbored **~If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all. ~**

03-06-2008, 11:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
Dat1NdnGuy Aint Dat Sumptin? Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,029	For some people its a regional thing. a ton of folks wore these things traditionally. ONE person does it and EVERYONE does it. __________________ "Out greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, our greatest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us." "Never Compromise yourself, Your all you've got" "An eye for an eye will only lead to a blind world."

03-16-2008, 11:36 PM	#5 (permalink)
ojibwaysweetie PowWows.com Addicts Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Heart of the Great Lakes, Ontario Canada Posts: 4,981	I think they look awesome when cut thinner. They don't hide the dress much when one is dancing out there. Wearing otters is special to us. __________________ "Gaa wiin daa-aangoshkigaazo ahaw enaabiyaan gaa-inaabid"

03-18-2008, 04:47 PM	#7 (permalink)
chazziff crossroads? maybe.... Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: can-na-duh Posts: 6,388	i like the way they look ... cut thinly they look good. and it is more of a traditional look for alot of tribes .. i remember my older sisters wearing em when i was small. __________________ All you know is when I'm with you I make you free And swim through your veins like a fish in the sea

03-07-2008, 12:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
WocusWoman N8tiffUmatillaMAMA Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Interior Alaska Posts: 2,727	I have to agree, its a regional thing. My daughter will at times wear her smaller pair of otters and sometimes, just braidties or her hair in a bun.

05-25-2008, 12:28 PM	#8 (permalink)
Kaina1128 Rezdude's Chica Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 284 Blog Entries: 3	ditto on the regional idea. i wear furs that are common to my people's land and from the animals my ancestors traded with each other __________________ www.paysbig.com/powwow Urban Indian Wellness Consortium Nooktoo tsitaapi kainaiwa USAF

05-28-2008, 08:04 AM	#10 (permalink)
ojibwaysweetie PowWows.com Addicts Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Heart of the Great Lakes, Ontario Canada Posts: 4,981	One of my sisters bought an old fur coat from a thrift store and made fur ties. She sooped them up with brass studs and stuff - they look awesome. __________________ "Gaa wiin daa-aangoshkigaazo ahaw enaabiyaan gaa-inaabid"

05-28-2008, 10:15 AM	#11 (permalink)
Kiwehnzii Oldfart Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,869	In one of our stories, after the great flood, the otter was considered the very, best swimmer of all the fur-bearing four-footed animals. Otter could dive the deepest. The otter was sent to the bottom of the water and told to bring up some earth. This was the re-birth of Turtle Island. That's why Ojibwaysweetie says otters are special to us. I don't think wearing my otter hat hides my head. Ayyee.

05-29-2008, 10:50 AM	#14 (permalink)
rezgranny Tiny Tot Dancer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Shores of Beautiful Lake Huron Posts: 83	fur hair ties I recently purchased an otter pelt to make fur tyes, but I'm not sure about how to cut them Kinna scared to make a mess, any suggestions?